Republican primary

To a casual TV watcher, it might have seemed like the perfect Super Bowl ad — football lingo, patriotism, an American-made product, and Clint Eastwood. Clint Eastwood. What’s not to love? Oh, right. There’s an election. Which turned that halftime Chrysler ad into a dress rehearsal, in some ways, for today’s Michigan primary and the […]
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A Marist poll in the South Carolina Republican primary finds 18 percent of voters could cast their ballot for comedian Stephen Colbert, who is currently “exploring” a bid for the president. Sort of like a guy trolling the red light district is exploring the potential for a committed relationship. The poll found 4 percent very […]
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Newt Gingrich wants Congress to be able to haul judges before committees to explain their decisions, and have they arrested by federal marshals if they don’t. Rick Perry wants a constitutional amendment allowing Congress to overturn Supreme Court decisions. Michele Bachmann would bar courts from even hearing cases on certain hot button issues, like gay […]
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Cartoonist/columnist David Horsey writes on the flap over religion in the Republican presidential primary: By DAVID HORSEY Hearst Newspapers Inside the visitor’s center at Temple Square in Salt Lake City there stands an impressive 11-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ. It ain’t Mohammed, Buddha or Vishnu, but, for some people, the statue is no proof that […]
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